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Garage pedestrian door size | The Building Code Forum I have a single car garage with a sectional overhead door, I have space on one stucco wall for a 24 x 75 pedestrian door will that size be acceptable since it is not the main egress door?
S-1 S-2 Regarding Parking Garage - The Building Code Forum Because this garage is over 1,000 SF it falls outside the scope of a "private garage" and is, for code purposes, a "public garage" Section 311 3 Classifies "Parking garages, open or enclosed" as a group S-2 Occupancy Because the Business Occupancy is a hazard to the S-2 occupancy, a fire barrier wall must be constructed between the two
NC Garage Legal Finish Requirement | The Building Code Forum The garage is 100% residential- not a business The first floor has lights outlets, the second floor only has a preexisting light fixture (exterior light) from the original house and no added wiring
Garage Open Air Calculations - The Building Code Forum I am designing a garage, and trying to achieve natural ventilation I think I have achieved the required 20% open, as well as 40% perimeter open as per IBC 2006, but what if your garage is really deep? It seems like if you have a very large garage, if you're 150' from the perimeter, air is not
Egress Door From Garage | The Building Code Forum My attached garage has a man door, and my detached garage has a man door On the other hand, under the IBC an overhead garage door is allowed to be used as a required exit door for occupant loads of 10 or fewer (or maybe it's under 10 -- I don't remember) So if the IBC allows a garage door as an exit door, should the IRC be different?
Minimum Floor Slope for Drainage - The Building Code Forum Irc The building code requires that a garage floor be sloped towards the door, but does not specify a minimum slope It is usually 1 8” to 1 4” per foot Here is the citation from the International Residential Code (IRC): R309 4: "The area of floor used for parking of automobiles or other vehicles shall be sloped to facilitate the movement of liquids to a drain or toward the main vehicle
Equipment Bollard in a Residential Garage - The Building Code Forum Re: Equipment Bollard in a Residential Garage We have a minimum 36 inch high 2" schedule 40 iron pipe embedded in the garage slab We also have two alternates that are wheel stops and pipes bolted to the floor for retrofits 99% of the time we see the schedule 40 pipe embedded in the concrete
16 Garage Door Headers - The Building Code Forum Re: 16' Garage Door Headers conarb said: It's not that simple, almost all garage door headers require portal design, and usually narrow portals integrated with the header, this always requires engineering, listen to your uncle In areas with significant lateral loads from sesmic or wind, yes In areas without such loads, it's not such an issue
Garage distance separation from dwelling - Section R309 Re: Garage distance separation from dwelling - Section R309 Uncle Bob, That's how I see it (I just don't believe it) I would not interpret measuring from overhang Any other comments on that? I'll probably stay 5' back The area where the two structure meet is only about 30" of wall length, but there is a window in the garage in that 30"
Stepped foundation wall to reduce rise from garage to house - joist on . . . The house was designed with 8′ foundation walls, and had a rise from the garage floor to the subfloor of 17-1 2″: 4″ for vapors + 1-1 2″ sill+ 11-1 4″ joist + 3 4″ sublfoor For multiple reasons (steps, topography, fill and grading) I would like to lower the living area and entry to have only one step up from the garage